Chaim Sax (1888 - 1963)

Born 22 Aug 1888 in Miropol, Volhynia, Russian Empire

Husband of Esther (Bassin) Sax — married 1906 in Russian Empire

Died 29 Apr 1963 at age 74 in Los Angeles County, California

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Biography

Hyman was a cutter for a clothing manufacturer and, with his wife and son, resided in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the father of the film director and screen writer Richard Brooks (born Reuben Sax).

Hyman Sax was born in Russia on 22 August 1888.^[1] He emigrated from Trieste in Italy and arrived in New York on 16 October 1908 aboard the Oceanic and was naturalized in 1919.^[2][3]

According to census information, Hyman and his wife emigrated to the United States in 1908. He was 18 when they were married, and she was 16. This would indicate that they were married in 1906, presumably in the Russian Empire.

He lived in Philadelphia with his wife Esther and only son Reuben.^[4][5]

He died on 29 April 1963 in Los Angeles.^[6][7][8]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6K7-V9X : 26 August 2019), Herman Sax, 1917-1918.
2. ↑ "Pennsylvania, Eastern District Petitions for Naturalization, 1795-1931," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGB1-L7GV : 27 March 2018), Chaim Or Hyman Zaks Or Sax, 9 Dec 1915; citing Naturalization, Pennsylvania, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1522 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,533,378.
3. ↑ "Pennsylvania, Eastern District Petitions for Naturalization, 1795-1931," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGB1-P974 : 27 March 2018), Chaim Or Hyman Zaks Or Sax, 16 Jan 1919; citing Naturalization, Pennsylvania, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1522 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,533,378.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHWV-16W : accessed 25 March 2020), Herman Sax, Philadelphia (Districts 1001-1236), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1216, sheet 22A, line 5, family 287, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2123; FHL microfilm 2,341,857.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXMN-QCJ : accessed 25 March 2020), Herman Saxe, Philadelphia Ward 24, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing ED 736, sheet 8A, line 45, family 145, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1627; FHL microfilm 1,821,627.
6. ↑ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGBB-871R : 22 October 2019), Hyman Sax, 1963.
7. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP4C-579 : 26 November 2014), Hyman Sax, 29 Apr 1963; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
8. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTRL-7P6 : 20 May 2014), Hyman Sax, Apr 1963; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5SC-5MY : accessed 25 March 2020), Hyman Sax in household of Max Schmall, Manhattan Ward 11, New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 250, sheet 1A, family 5, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1011; FHL microfilm 1,375,024.
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